Jan Frans Willems

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

7 Everyday English Idioms and Where They Come From

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The World’s 5 Most Commonly Used Writing Systems

Portion of the Aleppo Codex, a manuscript of the Hebrew Bible written in the Hebrew language in the 10th century CE; in the Shrine of the Book, Israel Museum, Jerusalem.

Why Do Languages Die?

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The Prado Museum facade at the Diego Velaszquez memorial. Established in 1819, the museum is considered the best collection of Spanish art and one of the world's finest collections of European art. Madrid, Spain

20 Paintings You Have to Visit at the Museo del Prado in Madrid

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The 10 Greatest Basketball Players of All Time

The impeachment trial of Pres. Andrew Johnson, illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, March 28, 1868.

What If the President Is Impeached?

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7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Lizards and Turtles

Nativity Scene, Adoration of the Magi, Church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary, Montenegro

Why Is Christmas in December?

Facsimile of one of William Henry Ireland's forgeries, a primitive self-portrait of William Shakespeare(tinted engraving). Published for Samuel Ireland, Norfolk Street, Strand, December 1, 1795. (W.H. Ireland, forgery)

The Time a Law Clerk Successfully Forged a New Shakespeare Play to Impress His Dad

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6 Cultures That Recognize More than Two Genders

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Born	March 11, 1793 • Austrian Netherlands
Died	June 24, 1846 (aged 53) • Ghent • Belgium
Subjects Of Study	Dutch language

Franz Hellens

Belgian writer

Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov

Russian author

Vondel, detail of an engraving after a portrait by Joachim Sandrart, 1635

Joost van den Vondel

Dutch writer

Guido Gezelle

Flemish poet and priest

Charles Van Lerberghe

Belgian poet

Mary Louise Booth

American journalist

Cyriel Buysse

Belgian writer

Nina Berberova

Russian-American writer

Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert

Dutch author

Stijn Streuvels

Flemish writer

Frederik Willem van Eeden

Dutch author and physician

Samuel Putnam

American editor and author

A.-H. Anquetil-Duperron

French scholar and linguist

James Darmesteter

French orientalist

Jacob van Maerlant

Dutch poet

Iancu Văcărescu

Romanian author

Charlotte Endymion Porter

American editor

Charles Baudelaire

French author

Nicholas Oresme

French bishop, scholar, and economist

Maurice Maeterlinck

Belgian author

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